Phyllida Law

Acting

Born 08/05/1932
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died 27/07/2026

Phyllida Law OBE (8 May 1932 — 27th July 2026) was a Scottish actress of screen and stage, and the mother of actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson.

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Known For

Then Came You
2020
Bakery in Brooklyn
2016
A Little Chaos
2015
Three Days in Havana
2014
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
2012
Albert Nobbs
2011
Love at First Sight
2010
Ways to Live Forever
2010
Lecture 21
2008
Miss Austen Regrets
2008
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
The Waiting Room
2007
Kingdom
2007
Mia Sarah
2006
Miss Potter
2006
Copying Beethoven
2006
Day of Wrath
2006
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
Nanny McPhee
2005
Afterlife
2005
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005
Unleashed
2005
Blinded
2004
Tooth
2004
I'll Be There
2003
The Royal
2003
Brush with Fate
2003
Two Men Went To War
2002
Foyle's War
2002
Timeshift
2002
The Time Machine
2002
The Swap
2002
Stig of the Dump
2002
Waking the Dead
2001
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
Monarch of the Glen
2000
Saving Grace
2000
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
Mad Cows
1999
The Lost Lover
1999
Milk
1999
Judas Kiss
1998
I Want You
1998
The Winter Guest
1997
Anna Karenina
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Emma
1996
Hamish Macbeth
1995
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
The Blue Boy
1994
Before the Rain
1994
All or Nothing at All
1993
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Peter's Friends
1992
Heartbeat
1992
The House of Eliott
1991
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
Chelworth
1989
Tree of Hands
1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Clarence
1988
Ffizz
1987
Screen Two
1985
The Life and Death of King John
1984
Taggart
1983
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
Minder
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Come Back, Lucy
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Abide with Me
1976
Buffet
1976
When the Boat Comes In
1976
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
Evelyn
1971
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
The Main Chance
1969
Otley
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
The Troubleshooters
1965
Armchair Theatre
1956
Dixon of Dock Green
1955